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Caldwell County, Kentucky, physician and soldier. Kentucky native. Physician in Yuba County, California, in 1850. Physician in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860. Served in the 25th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment (C.S.A) as a surgeon from September 26, 1862, to May 19, 1863. Captured near Ashbysburg, Kentucky, on December 24, 1864. Held at the military prison at Louisville, Kentucky, transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio, and then to Fort Delaware in Delaware, from December 31, 1864, until forwarded to Camp Hamilton, Virginia, on January 17, 1865, for a prisoner exchange. Surrended to U.S. forces in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 18, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U. S. government on May 23, 1865.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of William Wadlington. Father of William J. Wadlington. Married to Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington in Caldwell County, Kentucky, on December 21, 1850. Father of Thomas M. Wadlington, Mary T. Wadlington, and Ann Babb Wadlington. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1850. Member of the Democratic Party. Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1859. Elected Caldwell County representative to Kentucky State Democratic Convention in Frankfort in January 1860. Farmer and convict in Caldwell County in 1860. Household owned seven enslaved persons, including John [Unknown] and Jourdan [Unknown], in Caldwell County in 1860. Convicted by the Caldwell Circuit Court of the murder of Milton A. Cartwright in November 1860. Sentenced to death by the Caldwell Circuit Court in November 1860. Sentence commuted to life in prison by Governor Beriah Magoffin on February 11, 1861. Inmate of the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort from March 21, 1861, to March 21, 1863.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of James Allen Cartwright. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Killed by Thomas B. Wadlington in Caldwell County on January 17, 1860.
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Caldwell County, Kentucky, deputy court clerk. Kentucky native. Son of Richard Barnes and Mary Barnes. Married to M. E. Barnes. Father of Arthur Barnes. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Deputy clerk of Caldwell Circuit Court in Princeton, Kentucky, in 1860. Deputy clerk of Caldwell Circuit Court in Caldwell County in 1861.
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County in western Kentucky. Seat at Princeton.
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He states, that from all the facts and circumstances, connected with the whole transaction of the Killing, he does verily believe, that the facts in regard to the Killing, was not truly stated to the Jury, and such he believes to be the general opinion of the community at this time. He believes that manifest injustice has been done by the verdict of the Jury and he is of the opinion, that he ought to be discharged.
J. H. Calvert
Sworn to and subscribed before me by J. H. Calvert. This th Feby 1861